Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1899 — Page 2

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The Kattlr's Wives. The Kaffir is a day laborer and reckons his wealth in the number of heads of cattle he may be able to acquire. He works for a couple of years until he can get 11 oxen or cows. Then he hies himself to the Zululand on the east or to other countries controlled by black men and there buys himself a wife. Ten cows is the price of a wife. The eleventh is killed for the wedding feast. The Kaffir remains a few months with his wife, then off to the mines he goes to earn the price of another. When he possesses half a dozen wives, the Kaffir’s menial toil is over, and he becomes a gentleman. His wives plant the mealy (corn) and look after what cattle their lord and master owns. With a kraal full of daughters the Kaffir must become a rich and important person. The daughter of a chief costs 25 cows and the daughter of a king 60, no matter how old or ugly. The chiefs are severely strict in their watchfulness over the morals of the Kaffirs. If one is found guilty of dishonesty, he is fined so many oxen. The Kaffir is said to be better in his original state than when contaminated with what they call civilization.—Columbia State. The Farm Beat the Mortgage, The following story illustrates the resources of a Nebraska farm: A farmer got discouraged because he didn’t get rich the first year and, as there was a mortgage of S7OO on his farm, was about ready to jump the whole business, but determined to make one more effort and sowed SO acres in wheat. It happened to be a poor year fur wheat and the stand | was not very good. Concluding that it wasn't worth harvesting be pulled up his stakes and moseyed back to Missouri, leaving the farm to fight the mo: tgage all by itself. The farm was equal to the occasion. The wheat ripened, fell down and deposited the seed in the soil again. Next spring the wheat began to grow lustily. Some of the neighbors were honest enough to write about it down to the fugitive in Missouri, and he got interested enough to come back and take a look. Then he stopped and harvested his voluntary crop. He sold it for enough to pay off the mortgage and the rest of Lis debts and had a tidy little i

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surplus over, with which he moved his family back and now declares there is no state like Nebraska.—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. Take Care of Your Enn. Men and women have much to do to keep straight. A hundred nerves and muscles are at work all through the waking hours, giving warning or receiving orders that the body, with its many joints and natural instability, shall preserve its equilibrium, shall not stagger or double up in a hopeless heap. These nerves and muscles are a highly organized signal service, the chief offices of which are in the semi- ; circular canals buried in the “stony" I bonework that protects the inner ear. I Were it not for these canals a human being would find it difficult, often impossible, to maintain a proper balance either while walking or standing still. So long as these canals are in healthy working order their reports are trustworthy, but when anj’ undue force has shocked them or any agency, such as sickness, has interfered with their workings their messages are incoherent. and the brain, like the engineer of a battleship in action, when the men above are blinded and bewildered, has nothing to do but let things go.—Berlin (Md.) Herald. Railroad Slang as Translated. Extract from report made by head brakeman: “The con was flipping the tissues in the doghouse. The hind shack was freezing a hot hub near the hind end. Tallow Pot was cracking diamonds in the tank. Eagle Eye was down greasing the pig and I was bending the rails when they hit us.” It was translated by an old timer in the office as follows: "The conductor was examining the train orders in the cupola. The rear brakeman was cooling a journal. The fireman was breaking coal. The engineer was oiling the engine, and the head brakeman was throwing a switch when the trains came together.”— Maine Central. Making Dnckm Lay Black Egga. According to a writer in a French scientific paper, ducks fed on acorns, which they will eat ravenously, not unfrequently lay black eggs. The reason is that their eggshell is naturally rich in iron, and this combines with the tannin in the acorn to produce a good, fast black. The same paper states that if fowls are fed on boiled lobster shells they will lay bright red eggs. Mixed. On one occasion the Prince of Wales visited a Hindoo school in Madras. The youngsters had been drilled into the propriety of saying “Your royal highness” should the prince speak to them, and when the heir apparent accosted a bright eyed lad, and, pointing to a prismatic compass, asked, “What is this? ’ the youngster, all in a flutter, replied. “It’s a royal compass, your prismatic highness.” Cruelly Repressed. “It’s a shame: that's what it is!” exclaimed the boy wrathfully. “I can't have any fun at all.” “What’s the matter?” asked the sympathetic neighbor. “Dad says he'll lick me if he ever hears of me fighting with a boy smaller than I am. an I dassen’t fight with a bigger one.”—Chicago Post. Swiss archaeologists have decided that a certain ruin near Biel which has been held to be one of the many Roman remains is really Celtic, the only one of the kind in the country.

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A POSTAL DEFICIENCY POSTMASTER GENERAL’S REPORT SAYS IT IS OVER $0,000,000. TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS Lost Annually Through the Abuse of Second-Class Mail Privilege—Strong Appeal For Remedial Legislation. Congress Convenes. Washington, Dec. 4. —The annual report of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith was made public last night. Its chief feature is a plea for congressional action to stop the abuse of second class mail privileges, which he says results in an annual waste of upwards of $20,000,000. The final exhibit for the fiscal year shows total expenditures of $101,632,161 and total receipts of $95,021,384, the deficiency being $2,422,747 less than last year. The postmaster general says: “The most urgent need of the postal service is the rectification of the enormous wrongs which have grown up in the perversion and abuse of the privilege accorded by law to second class matter. There are many improvements and advances waiting development and application; opportunities for speedier transmission and delivery; fields for broadening the scope of the mail service and bringing it closer home to the people; possibilities of reduced postage; but above and beneath and beyond all of these measures of progress, which experience and intelligence are working out, is the redemption of the special concession which congress granted for a distinct and justifiable public object from the fungus growths and the flagrant evils that have fastened upon it. For this costly abuse, which drags on the department and weighs down the service, trammels its power and means of effective advancement in every direction, involves a sheer wanton waste of $20,000,000 or upward a year. The postal deficiency for the current year is $6,610,776. But for this wrongful application of the second-class rate, instead of a deficiency there would be a clear surplus of many millions. It is not now proposed to restrict the privilegesof legitimate publications or to modify the design of the law, but only to bring back its application to its original and just scope. “It is believed that fully one-half of all the matter mailed as second class, and paid for at the pound rate, is not properly second class within the intent of the law, and ought justly to be paid for at the third-class rate. This gives the enormous quantity of 176,351,613 pounds from which the department derives only a fraction of the revenue to which it is fairly entitled. The department actually derived a revenue of 14.75 cents a pound for the third-class matter mailed last year, and on this basis the department would have received for this wrongfully classed second-rate matter $26,011,863, instead of $1,763,516 which it actually received, and the postal revenues would have been increased by the handsome sum of $24,248,347. "If there is to be a favored class,” Mr. Smith says, “Let it embrace all the people. With this class paying property, even penny postage, with reasonable limitations, could be applied to letters without entailing a deficit larger than that of the last few years, and possibly with none at all. ” CONGRESS Opening of the Fifty-Sixth Session of the National Body. Washington, Dec. 4.—The senate was called to order today at noon by President Pro Tern Frye. After the appointment of a committee to wait on the president and notify him that the senate was in session and ready for business, the announcement of Vice President Hobart’s death was made and, as a mark of respect, the senate adjourned until Tuesday.

When the house convened it proceeded to the election of a speeker. The candidates were David B. Henderson of lowa and J antes D. Richardson of Tennessee. Mr. Henderson was elected, receiving the entire Republican vote, while Mr. Richardson received the votes of the Democrats. When it came to swearing in the members, Mr. Taylor of Ohio objected to Mr. Roberts of Utah taking the oath and moved that a special committee be appointed to investigate the charges made against the Utah congressman of practicing polygamy. After organizing, the house, out of respect for the memory of the late Vice President Hobart, adjourned until tomorrow. ELECTION BOARD MEETS Men Who Will Decide Who Is Governor of Kentucky. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 4.—At noon today the state board of election commissioners of Kentucky met to canvass the returns from the last state election and to decide whether Goebel or Taylor is entitled to the certificate of election as governor. There is not much probability that the matter will be settled before Wednesday or later, and a certificate issued. Both sides express themselves as confident of the outcome, but no one can predict with accuracy the decision which will be arrived at by the board. The certified returns from the county boards, now on file with the secretary of state, give Taylor a plurality of 2,435, but the Democrats declare that enough of these votes will be thrown out and that Goebel will be awarded the certificate.

The Bowery Critic. The critic was the most prominent leader of Bowery society. He is slow of speech and hesitates, sometimes painfully, but when he does speak every word hits. He does not go about, as is the manner of less cultivated speakers, but strikes home with few words, mainly figurative. Although lie is full of the instinctive aversions and tastes of a man of culture, be is a retired prizefighter and spends most of his time in an uncommonly dirty saloon. At a ball which this leader of. Bowery society gave a “hard walk took place, in which there were contestants for a prize, to be given to him who was the most natural. Any one who should burlesque the walk of the Bowery' tough was to be excluded. If the tough walk was to be given, it was to be given right. “You must do it on de level." said I the leader of society, giving preliminary instructions. “You must give us de real t’lng. 'Tain't no cake walk, dis hard walk. Walk jest as if you was walking on de lane [Bowery] wld yer bundle [girl] on yer arm. Anybody kin look tough, but I want you to look as hard as de real t’lng, de bloke on de Bowery, and no harder.” —Atlantic. “!*♦ and “Me.” The number of cultured, refined, educated people who slip into error in the use of "1" and “me” is large and appears to be continually growing. Their trouble lies in their inability to separate the first person from the third, where both are referred to, as in the expression, “Tom asked he and I if,” etc. 1 heard a very clever man say yesterday, "George said that him and me were the only two in the store.” A lawyer in Pine street, well known as a man of unusual ability, gets it wrong nearly every time by striving hard to get It right. He is so afraid that “my client and I” is incorrect that be compromises on “my client and myself.” He knows my “client and me” will not do. By separating the first and second persons this stumbling block is instantly removed, and even a child cannot err. "George said that him and me were” might fool some people, but “George said that him was” could not trip any one. Neither could “George said that me was.” Now, altogether, “George said that he was; George said that I was; therefore George said that he and I were.”—New York Press. Not Wasted on Her. This happened to the wife of a well known merchant who Is rather conspicuous for his devotion to the church. His spouse, dressing one Sunday morning, got into a waist that more than put Joseph’s coat in the shade. She was conscious of the color scheme, but decided to ask her husband’s and her father’s opinions before wearing the garment to church. They agreed, poor men, that she was delightfully dressed and that the waist could hardly be improved upon. So they went to church, the wife with secret misgivings, which, as the ease turned out, were well enough founded, for they were no sooner seated in Grace Episcopal church than the Rev. Dr. Worthington gave out the text. “We will read,” the reverend rector said, “from the gospel of St. Matthew. the sixteenth chapter and eighth verse, ‘To what purpose is this waste?’ ” The good woman collapsed in her pew and never raised her head during the remaining portion of the service.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Old Dances In Old Times. In Edward Scott’s "Dancing In All Ages” are some curious details about the dances used by our forefathers. “Joan Sanderson” was a “jolly dance” in Mr. Scott’s definition, for before it was ended each lady had kissed all the gentlemen twice, and each man had been equally enterprising. Mary Stuart danced the “Volta,” though “not so high and so disposedly” as Elizabeth. In King Charles’ time people danced “Trenchmore,” the “Cushion Dance,” “Omnium Gatherum” and "Holte cum Toite.” “All In a Garden Green,” “Gathering of Peascods,” “Lumps of Pudding,” “Under and Over,” “The Bath,” “The Slaughter House” and "Have at Thy Coat. Old Woman,” are dances not quite so old. Reflected Greatness. When, as a boy. the Duke of SaxeCoburg and Gotha visited the island of Barbados, his washing was done for him by a negress named Jane Ann Smith, who was over 6 feet in height. She was so puffed up at being patronizi ed by royalty that she claimed precedi ence at once over all the other washer- | women and retained it for many years. Love In a Flat. “You don't care for a big house and lots of servants, do you?” he asked. “Not at all,” she replied promptly. “Don't you think that love in a flat would be delightful?” he persisted. “Yes,” she answered. “Love in a flat, but not life with one.” He postponed his proposal.—Chicago Times-Herald. RnMian Extrnvnifnnce. The wealthy Russians are said to be extremely profitable to hotel and shop keepers in the lands in which they are i traveling. A Swiss authority insists that 200 Russians will spend more in a month than 1,000 English men and women for the same period of time. When a boy goes to hunt anything, he always begins by making everybody in the room get up to see if they are sitting on the lost article.—Washington Democrat. Modern books, however rapidly they may deteriorate from other causes, are protected from bookworms by the chemicals used in paper making.

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Legal Advertising. NTOTICE OF ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF THE DEC ATUR NATIONAL BANK. DECATUR. INDIANA. Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Decatur National Bank, Decatur. Indi- ! ana. that there will be a meeting at the banking rooms of said bank, in Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 9, 1900, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. in. and 3:30 , o’clock p m.. for tbe purpose of electing a . board of directors for said bank for the year . 19D0, 39-4 C. A. Dugan, Cashier. ; i ( JJEQUEST FOR BIDS. Goods for county asylum, Notice is herebj- given that estimates are on file in the auditor’s office of Adams county. • Indiana, for the furnishing of supplies for the , county asylum for the quarter commencing December 1. 1599. Said estimates for supplies ( are divided under the following headings: Groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, house furnishings, drugsand hardware. < Sealed bids are requested for each class of . goods seperatelv. All bids must be filed in ■ the auditor’s office not later than 10 o'clock a. m.. December 9. 1*99. Bids will be opened and contract awarded on ; I Saturday, December 21,1899. ( Contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidcer. The board cf commissioners reserve the 1 right to reject any and all bids. Successful bidders will be required to give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of their bids ar.d contracts. NOAH MANGOLD. 38-2 Auditor Adams County. HE RIFF’S SALE The state of Indiana. Adams county, ss: In the Adams circuit court of Adams county. Indiana. The Old Adams County Hank. A Corporation. vs No. 5940. Mary E Luckey, J, Thomas W. Luckey. By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the clerk of the Adams circuit court of said County and State. I have levied upon the realestate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the east door of the court house in the city of i lecatur. Adams County, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., on Friday, December 15,1899, The rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams county, Indiana, towit: i Commencing at a point twenty-two (22) feet south of the northeast corner of inlot number sixty-seven ,67i in the town (now city l of De- 1 catur as the same is designated on the original record'd plat of said town, thence running south along the east line of said lot and parallel with Second street, twenty-two (22) feet, thence west parallel with south line of said lot one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet to the alley, thence north along the east line of said alley twenty-two feet, thence 1 east parallel with the north line of said lot one ' hundred and thirty-two (132) feet to place of 1 beginning. And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgement. Interest thereon and ' costs. 1 will at the same time and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises. the 'Property of Mary E Luckey and J. Thomas VV. Luckey to satisfy said order of sale, this 22nd day of November. 1899. 3: - 3 DANIEL N. ERWIN. Sheriff

gHERIFF’S SALE. The State of Indiana. Adams county ss: In the Adams circuit court of Adams county, Indiana. Elizabeth C. Martin vs I No. 6.999. Christopher Haviland, Hannah J Haviland. By virtue of an order of sale to me directea by the clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, of said county and state. I hare levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the east door of the Court House in the city of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock A. M. and 4 o’clock P. M. on Friday, December 22, 1899, The rents and p ,-oflts for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter ot section thirty-three in township twenty-five (25) north of range fourteen east, containing forty acres more or less in Adams county, Indiana. And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs. I will at the same time and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises. Taken as the property of Christopher H ilandand Hannah J. Haviland tosatisfyS l ’ l * order of sale this 28th day of November, r . DANIEL N. ERWIN. Sheriff. Jacob Butcher, Attorney. N’OTl 'E OF RECEIVING BIDS FOR STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES lOR 11 ; USE OF ADAMS COUNTY. INDIANA. H'K THE YEAR 1909. Notice is hereby given that on Friday, Deceinlier 22. 1899, sealed bids will be received by the board''! commissioners of Adam- count', inam • for the furnishing of supplies and matei** for said county, in conformity with j( i tions now on file in the Auditor’s office oi b • county, as follows: One line shall consist of blank ords, special ruled blanks, and similar ma a Is, Another class shall consist of tionery, tablets, pens, pencils and other lar materials required. Another class shall consist of letter headenvelopes. printed stationery and such as can be printed and ruled at a sing preseion and similar material. Bids shall be submitted separately- foreach class and contracts will be let , se P a , ra b L(i state each class of material. Each bid *'’ a ■ jt j. the exact price of each article in said -I cations mentioned. The board -eserve the right w r^-i e<, L a and all bids, and the board reserve t - d to let contracts for such articles ati M prices, leaving the amount or .*1“ , , hf . e,>un-tu-nished to vary with the needs of the co ty. Said bids will be received and in all things in conformity with t_i c gtaW an act of the General Assembly °L l “ aire 3;j of Indiana, appointed March 3rd. If- 1 - 4 - pag and 356. No bid will be received unless * e Fhva *a®by a good and sufficient bond an -, fSJI j davit as required in Sections 41 and 4- u Act. Samuel Doak. | rnn ?Skmers Fred Reppekt. Commi C( , Joseph E. Mass. I ol Attest: Noah Mangold. „ tT Auditor Adams County-